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Campaigners tear into Make’s South Bank ‘hulk’ on first day of public inquiry into £400m scheme

By 2022-12-06T18:58:00

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Developers say benefits of proposals outweigh heritage harms

Make’s controversial plans to redevelop the former ITV studios have been branded “inappropriate, out of context and harmful” to its South Bank setting at the opening of a public inquiry into the proposals.

Developed by CO-RE and Mitsubishi Estate, the office-led scheme was sent to the planning inspectorate in September by then-communities secretary Greg Clark, who overruled the approvals given by Lambeth council and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.

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